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Sp.irks. 27. oi 20 Coll,- l(ulc(l iiiilt)' in Lcxiimton rolit-r t Mun-ilato c li.uut'S o ston lionsc lir.ikiim aiul
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theft of $12.0(K) from a Memorial Coliseum
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safe.
- Sparks, a fornuT UK employee,
was" held
to the grand jury. He was placed under $l,(HK)
bond on each count.
Sparks was arrested Saturday morning in
Irvine after someone in that city had tipped
off Lexington Detective Capt. Hollie Leach
that he (Sparks) had been spending a "lot of
money" since the burglary.
A reliable source said early in the week
that a warrant had been issued for the arrest
of a second man in connection with the theft.
According to Seth Taylor, UK chief of services, the only clues authorities had to go on
in the case were the outer wrapper of a package of gum and the failure of two dogs to
bark.
Taylor said investigators found the gum
wrapper lying on the floor beside the safe
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Sparks, riffht,
UK employee, is shown at the
Lexington police station with Police Capt. Frank Gravitt, left. Sparks
pleaded guilty to a charge of storehouse breaking and safe burglary
in connection with the robbery of $12,000 from a Coliseum safe.

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A seauh ot the immediate neihlMuhood
imcmcred some e,tim wrappers in the atd of
2(U College View; a short which runs
hind
the Coliseum.' The wrapjvrs were of tin
same brand as that found in the Coliseum,
Ta lor said.
After Spaiks had been apprehended. Taylor said he (Sparks) was asked during the
questioning if he smoked. According to Taylor, Sparks replied that he did not-b- ut
that
he chewed gum. a fact which helped to
strengthen the case against Spaiks.
Tho dogs entered the picture, T.nlor said,
when they started barking at investigators
looking behind the Coliseum for tools used in
the burglar'.
figured if the dogs made that much
racket, they were sure to have harked when
the 'thieves" left "through a rear door in tin "
Coliseum," TaIor said.
The UK official then phoned Mrs. Met.i
Hcnnett, the dogs' owner, to see if the animals
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EngineeringDean
To Retire In July
Dr. D. V. Terrell, dean of the
UK College of Engineering, has
been granted a change of work
status, to begin on July 1, 1957.
Dean Terrell, who has been head
of the College of Engineering
since September, 1946, has announced no further plans. President Frank G. Dickey said no list
of possible successors, to Dean Terrell has been drawn up yet.
lie came to the College of Engineering in 1912 as assistant professor of highway engineering. He
was promoted to professor and L
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director of Kentucky State Highway Research. He is a member of
the American Society of Testing
Materials, the Society for Promotion of Engineering Education, and
has been a consultant for the Kentucky State Highway Department
for many years.
He was chosen Dy California
Gov. Goodwin S. Knight as one of
the two consultants on the San
Francisco Bay Bridge. He served
as consultant to the architectural
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Shannon is currently teaching

at Nebraska.

DEAN TERRELL

An authoritative source indicated
Wednesday that Prof. Jasper B.
Shannon, Political Science Dept.,
would resign in the near future
to accept a similar post at the
He is on a one-yeleave from UK.
The source- said that Shannon's
resignation was not yet official,
but that all indications pointed to

mine whether female students are
in lavor oi extending baiuraay
night nours to 1 a.m.
This action was approved at an
SGA meeting last Monday at
which a member of the House
Presidents' Council said the council's recent negative vote on "the
later hours issue did not reflect
the wishes of most women students.
"I do not feel it was a valid
vote." Helen Shuck told the assembly. She said she knew of
two council representatives who
favored later hours, but voted
against it for fear of losing special late permissions.
Prior to the council's vote last
week, President Harriet Hart told
the group that Dean of Women

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Shannon. 53, first came to the
University of Kentucky in 1928,
remaining for one year. He returned in 1936 as an assistant
Hill CillospiV, past presiiltMit of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, was
professor, was advanced to the
rank of associate professor' in elected president of the Interfraternity Council Tuesday night.
1937, and to professor in 1945. He
Wn Mills, president of Alpha Tan Omega, was t lectrd vice
served as "acting brad of the
Ilitical Science Department
president of the governing group, lie will also serve as chairCr
ShirTneh is the author of "To- man of the Judiciary Committee.
wards avNcw Politics in the South"
John Darsie. Kappa Si;ma rep- - lorn resided almost completely wfih
(1950
and "Presidential Politics rescntative. and Charlie Juhnsc-nthe pledges since There is not one1
1!)31. He edited. i'hi Kappa Tail representative, "fraternity whose actives were
.i
in Kentucky"
"The Study of Comparative Govaveiaue.
and treas- - l.nv th' required
ie elected setretarv
ernments" tlfH9.
Dean Martin said that three fra- uivr. Jac!; White, represent in-The proit.ur al?o served as di- Pi Kappa Alpha, was elected ru.-ternities were consideiiim cnloniz- rector oi the Hureau of Governhi'4 at the University. Martin said
chairman.
as nso- ment Research in 1940-4t
Dave Noyes two had already vwted the otfiee.
Retiring
ciate dnector ot the Auriculture urued II C ta cooperate with the Before a national lraternity can
Department Graduate School 1,1 administration.
obtain a charter on the campus,
1944-4as an instructor at the
Mills succeeds Chip Rice and it must be approved by the IFC.
U.S. Army Training Center in Darsie replaces Gentry Davis.
An effort to open rush inform- Florence, Italy in 1945, and as a Barkley Baird was succeeded by ally for fraternities who pledged
research associate for the Tennes- Johnson.
five men or less during spring
see Valley Authority in 1936-3Dean L. L. Martin greeted the rush failed by a vote of. 10-He was president of the South- new officers by saying that if all The opposition felt that informal
ern Political Science Association organizations were run as well rush was harmful to formal rush.
in 1950.
as IFC. there would not be very
It was announced that pledges
Dr. Amry Vandenbosch, head of much work for the administration living" la the dormitories could arthe Political Science Department, to do.
range their meal schedule in order
Dean Martin announced that
refused to comment on the rumor.
President Frank G. Dickey was seven fraternities were on schol that they could eat the evening
not available for comment.
astic probation. He said the prob- - meal at their fraternity hou-e- .
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she iater hours was supposed to meet
thought the later hours Issue had With the HPC again before they
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been settled by the council's .vote. voted.
She replied that there was a
SGA representatives will attend
the meeting of the House Presi- "lack of time" and a "need to get
dents' Council Monday to present at the answer."
polling forms to council members,
Speaking trom tne floor.
who, in turn, will return them to Nina Vann charged the council
the residence homes they repre- "slammed" SGA's suggestion and
sent.
"questioned the morality of womResults of the poll will probably en on campus."
be turned over to the HPC for
Ravencraft- asked if women
reconsideration, said Dick Lehstudents were polled before the
man, president of SGA. He said
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a final report should be available
Mrs.

Bill Gillespie Elected
President Of IFC

the move.

Appearing ai Monoay msni s
SGA meeting. Harriet Hart reiterated the council's reasons for
voting down the proposal. She
said she appointed a committee of
seven to study the issue before
the vote was taken.
"I was proud of the clear thinking they displayed," Miss Hart said
of the committee.
SGA Vice President Dave Rav- -

extended."
Dean Holmes met with n delegation from SGA and the HPC
Tuesday, but would not commit
herself on the fate of 1:30 a.m.
permissions for
dances
if hours were extended 30 minutes.
"I can see no reason for grant
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Sarah B. Holmes could "see no by March

poll will be taken in women's

present status in 1946.
Active in the field of civil engineering, Dean Terrell is presently

Resignation
Of Shannon
Is Reported

Friday, March 8,

Late Hours Poll To Be Taken
In Women's Residence Houses

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Shown above are the new officers of the Intrrfratrrnity Council. They
I. to r. Jack White, rush chairman; John Uan.ir, icrr-tarBill Gillropie, president ; Don Mills, ice prrsident; and C'harlio

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Joluison, treasurer.